Why have gold bullion prices been strong?
*Financial Times, by Chris Flood, June 5, 2009:
"Energy and metal prices remainbuoyant
Commodity markets rallied strongly this week, helped by growing
confidence in prospects for a rapid revival in the global economy
following more evidence of improvement in leading indicators.
Investor inflows into commodities have picked up pace, helping lift
prices in energy, agricultural and base metals markets.
In the oil market, Nymex July West Texas Intermediate reached $70.32 on
Friday, a seven-month high, but later retreated to trade 25 cents lower
at $68.56 a barrel, up 3.4 per cent this week.
ICE July Brent hit $69.91 but later eased back to trade 41 cents lower
at $68.30, up 4.2 per cent on the week.
On Thursday, Goldman Sachs raised its 2009 year-end projection for oil
prices from $65 a barrel to $85 a barrel and dropped its previous
forecast for a pullback in the next three months.
Tom Pawlicki of MF Global said: 'Unabated investment growth in
commodities like crude oil will be fuelled further by such predictions.'
Gareth Lewis-Davies of Commerzbank said oil prices prices had risen in
the past few months largely as a consequence of a decline in investor
risk aversion. 'However, the upward move in prices is totally
disproportionate to the reductions in inventories seen so far,' he
said. 'Only US gasoline inventory levels offer true price support as
crude oil and other product inventories are currently at high levels.'
Gold fell 2 per cent to $959.50 a troy ounce on Friday, retreating
after the dollar gained in response to better US employment data than
expected.
Gold hit $989.80 on Wednesday but lost 2 per cent over the week as
investor inflows into gold exchange-traded funds and buying interest
from jewellery makers remained muted.
However, Rupert Robinson, chief executive of Schroders Private Bank,
said 'all the ingredients' were in place for a bull run in gold and
gold stocks.
'The dollar is beginning to wobble, US Treasuries are under pressure
and inflation is set to rise,' said Mr Robinson."
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